Röyksopp - Nebulous Nights - An Ambient Excursion into Profound Mysteries

They go full KLF Chill Out. Lots of nods to other bands - there's even a Joni Mitchell sample (nod to The Orb, I guess).

Horrific artwork, however.

https://royksopp.bandcamp.com/album/nebulous-nights-an-ambient-excursion-into-profound-mysteries

if Röyksopp cant afford to pay someone for their album art... designers and illustrators are boned.
I am not against AI... it's sort of like wishing we stopped using washing machines instead of washing our clothes in a nearby lake, but I would like to see more clever uses of it.

Might check out the album but that double whammy of title and album art make a fella second guess himself.

Nah, washing clothes and making art are not the same. Screw this, I'm only listening to ai generated røykslop from now on.

  On 12/14/2024 at 9:12 AM, gnarlybog said:

I am not against AI... it's sort of like wishing we stopped using washing machines instead of washing our clothes in a nearby lake

It’s nothing like that  

Yeah, I meant expecting it to go away is foolish because it is easier and quicker than the alternative. 

Streaming this now (because if they're going to use AI for their album art...).

It is very nice though. Not Chill Out levels of nice but very nice.

I fucking hate the artwork, I instantly noticed it was AI.

I am not against AI in general but this is just so lazy

It could also be a crappy non ai artwork that looks like it was done in 2 minutes with ai 

I found one track that I really like

  On 12/17/2024 at 2:15 PM, o00o said:

It could also be a crappy non ai artwork that looks like it was done in 2 minutes with ai 

I found one track that I really like

The guy has 6 fingers, a known AI issue.

Atrocious artwork, they should be ashamed

  On 12/17/2024 at 5:07 PM, DavieAddison said:

The guy has 6 fingers, a known AI issue.

Oh fuck lol I didn’t notice now it’s 10 times worse 

so it took them like 10 seconds to make the artwork? For a mayor release? Wow

Hey man, they got their logo in there, give them some credit.

Love the OTT bandcamp comments.

It's hard to find the words to describe how beautiful and moving this album is. "Beacons" broke me, I had to stop the car because I was crying so much! Thank you for this incredible journey.

This is just really amazing, like swimming through a see of Royksopp sounds. Just a beautiful experience. I've been listening on repeat since release.
 

Looks like they've been doing the cheapo AI artwork for a while.  Absolutely awful.

  On 12/18/2024 at 12:04 AM, NewSchoolScience said:

Love the OTT bandcamp comments.

It's hard to find the words to describe how beautiful and moving this album is. "Beacons" broke me, I had to stop the car because I was crying so much! Thank you for this incredible journey.

This is just really amazing, like swimming through a see of Royksopp sounds. Just a beautiful experience. I've been listening on repeat since release.
 

Looks like they've been doing the cheapo AI artwork for a while.  Absolutely awful.

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Typical reddit comment.

  On 12/18/2024 at 7:08 AM, chenGOD said:

Typical reddit comment.

Narrator voice over: 'Beacons' didn't break him.  He didn't cry.  He didn't have to the stop the car.

that comment is AI

  On 12/19/2024 at 5:48 PM, dr lopez said:

that comment is AI

Was thinking exactly that.

Just gave Beacons a listen. Sounds like fucking Enigma. 

Given that they have roots in the '90s ambient scene (Aedena Cycle, Alania, Drum Island), I suppose it's not surprising they've done something vaguely in this direction. Will give it a listen, but not expecting much. And fucking hell, if that cover isn't bad enough, it's by far the best one of the four Profound Mysteries covers. Ugh. Also, 'Profound Mysteries', nice one guys, very deep.

I do think there is some cultural aspect to the discussion of the artwork. It is horrible, (to me).  Every year, I hear dozens and dozens of electronic music and all the various sub-genres have album covers with artwork that is way worse than this Röyksop effort. I also know quite a few people, especially in European countries who find this sort of album cover sophisticated and so forth. Take a scroll through your favourite streaming service and you'll discover hundreds of albums with tacky artwork. 

The thread is gone now but I remember a few years back, someone on here savaged Nadia Struiwigh's follow-up album to Lenticular because the artwork was really awful. For millions of electronic music listeners around the world, this artwork is something to be praised, admired and cherished. It's just different cultures.

For me, that Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories had the worst album cover in maybe a decade. I'm easily in the minority.